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Crime Busters (1977)

Crime Busters poster
Original title
I due superpiedi quasi piatti
Directed by
Enzo Barboni
Genre
drama film, comedy film, buddy film, crime film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
PG
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 723 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two unemployed men plan to rob a supermarket but end up joining the police force to avoid getting caught. After training, they take on a local gang involved in illegal trafficking.

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What happens

Crime Busters (Italian: I due superpiedi quasi piatti) is a 1977 Italian action crime comedy film directed by Enzo Barboni and starring the film duo of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer. It was one of the three films awarded with the Golden Screen Award in 1977 along with The Exorcist and The Towering Inferno. The film is set in Miami. Two unemployed men decide to jointly rob a supermarket. They instead volunteer to work as police officers, in order to evade arrest. Following their graduation for training, they confront a local trafficking gang. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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